#MuseumMonday
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Lola was one of the most successful constructors in lndycar history up until the series became a single make championship in 2007. Prior to that Lola had become the dominant force in the series supplying all of the competing teams in 2005 and 2006. One of those teams was #NewmanHaasRacing who had used Lola chassis since it commenced operations in 1983. The team was set up by Paul Newman and American Lola importer Carl Haas and was immediately successful in attracting a top line driver, Mario Andretti. #Andretti gave them their first title in 1984 and the team went on to win over 100 lndycar races and eight championship titles. When lndycar was at its height in the nineties, Newman Haas pulled off a major coup by signing reigning Fl World Champion @nigelmansell, who drove for them in '93 and '94.
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The car on display here is a 1994 car which Mansell drove as champion having won the title at his first attempt the previous year. Mansell was initially very popular due to his speed and aggressive driving style but by the end of '94 he had fallen out of favour with the team, other drivers, including team mate Andretti and the public, and returned to Fl to race for McLaren. The 1994 Lola lndycar was not as successful as the '93 or '95 models as in that season it was overtaken by Penske and Reynard and achieved only one win in the hands of Scott Goodyear.
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It's a Harry Miller Monday and in keeping with Josh's posts last week about the GranCor Miller-Offy he restored at Zakairas a few years ago, here's a few more of a gorgeous Miller-Ford owned today by Dana Mecum. In 1933 Harry Miller was forced into bankruptcy as the Depression strangled sales of his highly specialized racing engines. Miller felt that with sales withering in California, he and his son Ted, moved east and spent part of the year living with friends in Detroit and working at a brewery. In 1932 the Studebaker Corporation entered eight cars into the Indy 500 with basically stock engines and three placed in the Top-10 earning them gobs of good press. Seeing the Studebaker Indy 500 success-salesman and entrepreneur Preston Tucker came into Miller's life and convinced Edsel Ford that having Harry Miller build FoMoCo a series of Indy 500 racers with Ford power was a great sales promotion for their new Ford V-8 engine. Edsel convinced Henry on the idea and agreed to pay Miller $75,000 to build the cars which is about $1,450,000 in 2018 money. Tucker got the deal signed January 21st, 1935 and that left Miller 111 days to build the cars and deliver them to Indianapolis. By the time Ford and Miller had the people and tools in place to build the cars, it was March 12, leaving them exactly 60 days to finish the impossible. The cars were finished on time amazingly, but when they got to Indy they were way off pace. Ford reached out to every V-8 racing team they could find and many a racing speedboat on the Great Lakes suddenly found it's Ford V-8 being shipped to Indy. They didn't find enough speed for all 10 cars but four Miller-Fords did qualify in 1935 and all dropped out due to steering boxes that overheated due to the exhaust manifolds being too close to the steering gears. Soon after the race, Henry Ford himself ordered all 10 Miller-Ford seized and he hid them away for years, only slowly releasing some to private sales, friends etc and as such, all 10 Miller-Fords still exist today. Images are from the #2012 and the #2017 Millers at Milwaukee event, a must-experience event for any fan of vintage racing.

It's a Harry Miller Monday and in keeping with Josh's posts last week about the GranCor Miller-Offy he restored at Zakairas a few years ago, here's a few more of a gorgeous Miller-Ford owned today by Dana Mecum. In 1933 Harry Miller was forced into bankruptcy as the Depression strangled sales of his highly specialized racing engines. Miller felt that with sales withering in California, he and his son Ted, moved east and spent part of the year living with friends in Detroit and working at a brewery. In 1932 the Studebaker Corporation entered eight cars into the Indy 500 with basically stock engines and three placed in the Top-10 earning them gobs of good press. Seeing the Studebaker Indy 500 success-salesman and entrepreneur Preston Tucker came into Miller's life and convinced Edsel Ford that having Harry Miller build FoMoCo a series of Indy 500 racers with Ford power was a great sales promotion for their new Ford V-8 engine. Edsel convinced Henry on the idea and agreed to pay Miller $75,000 to build the cars which is about $1,450,000 in 2018 money. Tucker got the deal signed January 21st, 1935 and that left Miller 111 days to build the cars and deliver them to Indianapolis. By the time Ford and Miller had the people and tools in place to build the cars, it was March 12, leaving them exactly 60 days to finish the impossible. The cars were finished on time amazingly, but when they got to Indy they were way off pace. Ford reached out to every V-8 racing team they could find and many a racing speedboat on the Great Lakes suddenly found it's Ford V-8 being shipped to Indy. They didn't find enough speed for all 10 cars but four Miller-Fords did qualify in 1935 and all dropped out due to steering boxes that overheated due to the exhaust manifolds being too close to the steering gears. Soon after the race, Henry Ford himself ordered all 10 Miller-Ford seized and he hid them away for years, only slowly releasing some to private sales, friends etc and as such, all 10 Miller-Fords still exist today. Images are from the #2012 and the #2017 Millers at Milwaukee event, a must-experience event for any fan of vintage racing.

It's a Harry Miller Monday and in keeping with Josh's posts last week about the GranCor Miller-Offy he restored at Zakairas a few years ago, here's a few more of a gorgeous Miller-Ford owned today by Dana Mecum. In 1933 Harry Miller was forced into bankruptcy as the Depression strangled sales of his highly specialized racing engines. Miller felt that with sales withering in California, he and his son Ted, moved east and spent part of the year living with friends in Detroit and working at a brewery. In 1932 the Studebaker Corporation entered eight cars into the Indy 500 with basically stock engines and three placed in the Top-10 earning them gobs of good press. Seeing the Studebaker Indy 500 success-salesman and entrepreneur Preston Tucker came into Miller's life and convinced Edsel Ford that having Harry Miller build FoMoCo a series of Indy 500 racers with Ford power was a great sales promotion for their new Ford V-8 engine. Edsel convinced Henry on the idea and agreed to pay Miller $75,000 to build the cars which is about $1,450,000 in 2018 money. Tucker got the deal signed January 21st, 1935 and that left Miller 111 days to build the cars and deliver them to Indianapolis. By the time Ford and Miller had the people and tools in place to build the cars, it was March 12, leaving them exactly 60 days to finish the impossible. The cars were finished on time amazingly, but when they got to Indy they were way off pace. Ford reached out to every V-8 racing team they could find and many a racing speedboat on the Great Lakes suddenly found it's Ford V-8 being shipped to Indy. They didn't find enough speed for all 10 cars but four Miller-Fords did qualify in 1935 and all dropped out due to steering boxes that overheated due to the exhaust manifolds being too close to the steering gears. Soon after the race, Henry Ford himself ordered all 10 Miller-Ford seized and he hid them away for years, only slowly releasing some to private sales, friends etc and as such, all 10 Miller-Fords still exist today. Images are from the #2012 and the #2017 Millers at Milwaukee event, a must-experience event for any fan of vintage racing.

I don’t know how it is, you so quickly became my person, my best friend, my early morning laughs, and my goodnight kisses. I can’t imagine waking up beside anyone else. Thank you for always doing little things for me: Getting me water at three am. Buying me random things that just made you think of me. Thanks for loving my friends as much as I do:
I know some of the things we do are annoying. But at the end of the day when I see you laughing with them I know you would do anything for them. It is crazy to see how we have become like a little family. You are nothing short of amazing. You are my constant support. “Elephant shoe” “ I love youtube” 🤣 I love you 8 days of the week xo ❤️💙. #mcm#mancrusheveryday#loveyou#indy500#foodislove